English Corner – Session 1 The Macao New Chinese Youth Association

The Objective 1.To enhance the students’ proficiency in spoken English and listening skills at intermediate level 2.To enable students to practice their spoken English with the native speaker of English 3.To learn more English idioms and speak English like an American

What you will learn 1.Authentic materials from the courseware 2.Introduction to (IPA) International Phonetic Alphabet 3.American English idioms 4.Listening, speaking, and reading skills

Self Introduction and get to know each other Write something about yourself in 5 minutes

Break (5 minutes)

Spoken English Hospital Commercial 41B C650A2557A13 Daddy’s going to be so excited! That killed him! That killedim! Stressed words Connected speech

Stress Patterns

Connected speech What time is it? (What-tim-mi-sit?) How much is it? (How-muc-chi-sit?) Tell him what you want. (Te-lim-wha-cho-wahnt)

Connected speech Tom climbed up on that steep roof. Tom climbedupon that steeproof. I like it.I likit. Not at all.Notatall Thank you.Thankyou. Get out of here. Getou tof here.

Idioms -"Piece of Cake", "Hang On", "Pay through the Nose" Accent reduction

Online Videos Barack Obama: Speech at the Lincoln Memorial We ‘ re gonna listen in and watch 我們將聆聽觀看 Only a handful of generations 只有少數幾代人 Our nation is at war. Our economy is in crisis 我們的國家在戰爭中。我們 的經濟正處于危機。 The stack of bills 一堆的賬單 Along the way, there will be setbacks 沿途會有挫折，會走彎路 Will live on in our time 在我們的時代會繼續下去。

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Learn English through songs That's What Friends Are For pAGs&feature=related The Carpenters - Top Of The World huhw&feature=related